New varieties of high dry matter energy-dense beet now available in the UK are making the crop more viable as a feedstock for anaerobic digestion (AD). So says Francis Dunne of Field Options, who points to the latest UK trials where new varieties have excelled and demonstrated their potential for the renewable energy...

Setting up the plough for optimum performance is an essential prerequisite if the implement is to be effective in helping to control grass weeds such as blackgrass.

This was the message from ProCam at LAMMA 2018, where the company used a machine on its stand to point out some of the common mistakes being made on today’s arable...

How effective is your ploughing? That’s the question being posed by ProCam on their stand at LAMMA 2018, where an implement will be used by the company’s agronomists to demonstrate correct set-up and technique to achieve the most effective results.

“The plough remains the best tool for resolving common compaction issues and...

Minor disturbance of the soil surface coupled with good soil consolidation could dramatically boost the effectiveness of stale seedbeds as part of blackgrass management, on-farm comparisons by leading agronomy firm, ProCam, suggest.

Conducted on two farms in Northamptonshire, the work compared the amount of blackgrass germinating in...